Purpose
Abort execution if a condition is not satisfied.
Synopsis
procedure assert(c:boolean)
procedure assert(c:boolean,m:string)
procedure assert(c:boolean,m:string,e:integer)
Arguments
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c
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Condition to verify
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m
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Error message to display in case of failure
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e
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Error code to return in case of failure (default: 8)
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Example
assert(and(i in I) mydata(i)>0)
assert(isodd(a),"a is not odd!!")
Further information
1.
If the condition
c is satisfied, this procedure has no
effect, otherwise it displays an error message and aborts
execution by calling
exit.
The versions of the procedure with 2 and 3 parameters can be used
to replace the default message (location of the statement in the source)
and default exit value (8).
2.
Assertions are usually used as a debugging tool and are ignored when
the model is compiled without debugging information
(
i.e. none of options
-g or
-G is used). It is
however possible to keep assert statements even when no debugging
information is included by specifying the compiler directive
keepassert
(see Section
The compiler directives).
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